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 		 #173529 - Dangers, obvious and otherwise
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Hi Everybody,

I remember being taught, in first-semester undergraduate chemistry lab, that hot glass looks exactly like cold glass.

Still, when I built a HeNe tube laser as my sophomore research and design project, I found out the hard way that even though the only power source was a pack of AA cells, the multiplier circuit really did generate 15000 Volts. Once I picked myself up off the floor I knew from experience that 15kV looks just like 5V right up to the instant you (even inadvertantly) touch it.

BTW Michael, mine was skydiving.

Joe

List of 28 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Darwin Award nominations?            01/01/70 00:00      
   it's cultural ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Is electronics particularly dangerous            01/01/70 00:00      
      Maybe the dangers are less obvious?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Most people are smart enough ...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Dangers, obvious and otherwise            01/01/70 00:00      
            Hot ?            01/01/70 00:00      
      ...or Compared to:            01/01/70 00:00      
      Mostly...            01/01/70 00:00      
         I wouldn't blame the engineers            01/01/70 00:00      
         Why ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            RE: As long as the braking system works            01/01/70 00:00      
               Yes            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Details on wikipedia:            01/01/70 00:00      
                     relativity            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Shark attacks            01/01/70 00:00      
   My best attempt to kill myself            01/01/70 00:00      
   Could be worse.            01/01/70 00:00      
      Expect the Un-Expected ! ! !            01/01/70 00:00      
         Entirely expected            01/01/70 00:00      
      Aircraft Autopilots            01/01/70 00:00      
         Model stabilisation            01/01/70 00:00      
            Not the case in the U.S.            01/01/70 00:00      
               rephrase            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Talk about your chicken and egg            01/01/70 00:00      
                     I've always figured that the first chicken was a mutant            01/01/70 00:00      
                  There's a reason they call it WORK            01/01/70 00:00      
               Specific Vs general            01/01/70 00:00      

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